Becoming an air traffic controller is a long and difficult process, and the job is equally stressful. But it comes with good pay.Michael Dwyer/AP US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed new air ...

When you think about high-stress careers, jobs like surgeons or firefighters probably come to mind first. But there's another profession that operates under equally intense pressure but often flies ...

The Transportation Department is drawing bipartisan criticism for rewarding $10,000 bonuses to a small number of air traffic controllers and technicians while ignoring the vast majority of the ...

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency order Wednesday evening freezing flight reductions at 6% amid a "rapid decline" in air traffic ...

WASHINGTON — With the federal government open for business again, air traffic controllers can finally get paid for all the work they performed during the 43 days of the shutdown. Transportation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Becoming an air traffic controller is a long and difficult process, and the job is equally stressful. But it comes with good ...

The Transportation Secretary says air traffic controllers will be paid promptly as the government reopens. But after the last shutdown, in 2019,... Air traffic controllers promised fast shutdown pay, ...